**spoiler alert** Read my review of the first book here. It’s clear that the first book made an impression. The second one was okay. One of the things**spoiler alert** Read my review of the first book here. It’s clear that the first book made an impression. The second one was okay. One of the things that I liked about the main character was how he behaved towards the inevitable ending of the world. Since he had no control over that, he focused on a task that was manageable…mostly. He continued solving his case. The repercussions of there being no law were described well too. People losing their shit and going “bucket list” was another thing that made the story more real to me.

What I didn’t much like that every time the protag needed saving or something, it appeared magically. Like sisters arriving in helicopters to take him to the hospital, former cop rescuing him in the nick of time, and an internet connection when he needed to search for a guy.

**spoiler alert** A simple murder mystery of a book that I enjoyed reading. It described the heartbreaking poverty and widening chasm of class distinc**spoiler alert** A simple murder mystery of a book that I enjoyed reading. It described the heartbreaking poverty and widening chasm of class distinction in Accra beautifully. Here are some things that stayed with me:

The mention of Ananse or Anansi took me back to American God’s Anansi. What an entrance, eh? I also found this cool sketch of the deity:

A surprisingly unsurpising omission from the western history books:

A unique way of reporting murder:

The country’s reputed emergency numbers 1-91- and 1-9-2 could be so unreliable that it was sometimes more effective to call a radio station, which would then broadcast the emergency in the hope that the appropriate personnel were listening.